FAMILY DINNER *** Austria 2022 Dir: Peter Hengl. 97 mins Family Dinner is the feature debut of writer and director Peter Hengl, who had only produced short films previously. However, the bold red title font emblazoned across the opening credits, hint at the pedigree of the filmmaker as it reminds…
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INFINITY POOL **** Canada / Croatia / Hungary 2023 Dir: Brandon Cronenberg. 117 mins A film that evidences Brandon Cronenberg’s excellent filmmaking skills. Brandon, like his father, manages to create a sense of dread so severe that the film isn’t an easy watch. It appears that Brandon has a moral…
FROZEN ALIVE ** UK / West Germany 1964 Dir: Bernard Knowles. 81 mins Sometimes you just view a film that is just there. Many of the ‘slow burn’ pictures of today with their build-up followed by rapid-fire scares and effects-laden conclusions that set up a sequel are this way. Frozen…
Enter a realm of uncertainty in which nothing is as it appears in Ultrasound, a dark puzzle-box sci-fi that has earned comparisons to the work of Christopher Nolan and recent cult classics including Memento and Primer. Blue Finch Film Releasing presents Striking and Hallucinatory Sci-fi Ultrasound out now on Digital Download. Synopsis: When his…
HOUSE OF THE LONG SHADOWS **** UK 1983 Dir: Pete Walker. 97 mins In a bold move, Cannon Films asked Pete Walker, the filmmaker responsible for some of the most nihilistic, establishment-baiting British horror films of the 1970s, and MARK OF THE DEVIL screenwriter Michael Armstrong to adapt “The Seven…